Rope stretcher



June 24, 1930. M, HALEY 1,766,122"

ROPE STRETCHER Filed March 29, 1929 VIII/)1) INVENTOR. lya'clqel lyf l ey ATTORNEY.

I 7 which are desired "to be retained in a taut a. provision: of a rope fastenerfl-whichis ad-I 'justable to :a high degreeisozfas to adapt 1t flexible line to aconsiderablefdegreef I Patented x 'fMI QH-AEI HA E; or west BBANCI L MICHIG AN horn sTREToJaER Y l Applicationffi ledrMarch 29,1929, Serial No 350,914."

Myr invention .'-relates to a new useful improvement in a rope: stretcher adapted for useparticularlyinstretehing lines" clamping condition. i' 1 facturefiand highly efficient" in use. Anotherobject of the invention is .the

for varying the tautnes'sv 'offa' rope or other Other objects will appearhereinafter 1 Theinve'ntionwill be bestflunderstood by 1 1; a reference to thefaccompanying drawings which form apart} of this specification and "F'g. 1 is a, invention.

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A .Fig; 2 isla front elevational view of the invention with part broken away.

vlewiof thej inven V FigQB 's a .topplan 4 is,'a=view taken online ion.

engage, the line l l which jis -to be stretched or rendered tautl One jend oft/he line '14: is usually fastened to a fixed-support and the loose 'end is projected. over the yoke 13; i

Projected through the horizontal 1portionf9; is a vertically extending rod po'rtion 1 1ml inga-horizontally eXtended'portion'16, A

wing nut 17 is threaded on the *portion 15 and, suitable washers 18 andulQ aieused. The horizontally disposed'p'ort'ion' l6 hasfla' The invention'hasfllior" its object the pr 0-] vision of a eYi e of 'thi'sclas's Whlch Willbe simplejinfstructure; economical of manu-" side elevational view "of of Fig.- I what I claimas'newanddesireito secure by Letters Patent isz: g i If 1 1 1'. .A rope stretcher of the class'described 1 comprising: a suporti ng "member a thread- In the drawings I haveiillustratedthe' in vention supported on asuitable support 7;;

r An L-shaped bracket havingf'ahorizontallyj disposed portion 9 'is-securedon the'supportf. 1 Threaded through the outer jendof the L-" shaped bracket is an adjustable member 10- havinga socket ll' formed in its upper end "in which is adaptedto loosely engagggejthe tree 12 of'theyoke- 13 whichjs adaptedto' comprising ember 21 which is the threaded neck 22 from the portionv 20. 3

Inoperation, thelropefor line 14 will bei] j drawno'verthe yoke 13 and passed between a f I J the; arms ofthe yoke 2l'and the portion 20-, asillustrated in Fig. 3. Th'e crank 23may 5" then beused to rotate the threaded'member j p the yoke 13-and'thus stretch l 7 lQ solas to raise the I line to the to the precise; ea!

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edmember having a socket formed in its 2 upper end, said threaded member being 1 verticallyextended and threaded througlr V saidsupporting member; a rope engaging 1f. member-loosely carried ontheiupperen'dof' said threaded member; a 'crank'on'thelower 1 end of said threaded: member for eliecting its rotation; and a'clamping member carried}? 1 Y by Y said supporting'member for clamping-' 1 the free end of said' rope.

2. rope 'stretche a supporting member; threaded member having a socket formed;

in, its upper end, said threaded member. being, vertically extended and "threade.d"'7ii i throughjsaid' supporting memberg'fa rope oof 'flattened portion 20 which'is adapted to' en? gage the rope Hand serve as abase against:-

which the same may be clamped, th .7

threaded on T projecting outwardly 6* thus describejd myf inventiom b r of the class described V a) v v v MICHAEL HALEY. 1 

